EU peacekeeping helicopter crashes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, four dead
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter of the European Union's EUFOR peacekeeping force crashed during a training flight in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Four people were killed and 11 injured.
A helicopter belonging to the European Union's EUFOR peacekeeping force crashed in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday. Four people died and another 11 were injured, according to a EUFOR statement. The incident is a serious blow to a mission tasked with helping maintain security in the country.
EUFOR said the heavy-lift CH-47 Chinook went down during a training flight near the town of Brčko. The mission stated that an investigation is under way and that further details will be released later. The source text does not specify the status of the dead and injured, nor the cause of the crash.
In a separate, earlier statement, EUFOR said no civilian infrastructure, property or vehicles had been damaged and no civilians had been harmed.
About the EUFOR mission
The EUFOR mission involves 1,200 troops. It took over responsibilities from NATO in 2004 to help maintain security and monitor compliance with the peace agreement that ended the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The mission operates under a United Nations Security Council mandate.
